Vendee globe game polars

But these conditions to come are quite different for Virtual Regatta players and for sailors…. What makes the big difference between solitaires and players is that Virtual Regatta does not take into account, nor the state of the sea, nor the currents. But the same will certainly not be the case for browsers.

PS: Maybe I'll enter the race in a stealth boat just to see at times how you guys are doing Two high class races at the same time is great, but two virtual race will kill more time than I got. We did the virtual BWR - 90 days in front of the pc, Christmas, New Year, Easter and than real sailing will be back, no thanks, I got a live beside my pc It starts at 1pm French time, I believe countdown from the main game site. At least on this race we don't have to go through Gibraltar.

Just head out into the ocean and GO. Thus far, it seems like there's a lot less to the game as far as the "groups" concept. Maybe they are serious about the "alone" part of this race. No teams allowed? I think that the game designers have been putting most of their efforts into the VOR game, so I'm not expecting much.

I, too, have an actual life, and I figure that checking up on my boat a few times a day is no big deal. And if I go away for the weekend it's not a problem. I'm not expecting to win, just finish in the top 25 percent due to my strategic planning, not compulsive boat-tweaking. Speedwatch: You nearly won the BWR game, and I know that you hardly slept for 90 days - I don't advise doing that again.

You'll have the hand on your virtual boat when the start'll be given tomorrow a 1. Even if you can't be there your boat'll take the start of the race and you'll be able to to steer it in good position few hours later. Anyone seen polars for the open 60's? Let's face it: Polars for Open 60's are probably closely held secrets.

But since this is a game, we have no idea what we'll get - they might be just as bad as the VOR Game Leg1 polars "bad" according to various complainers - I just sailed as fast as I could almost all the time - that's my strategy in a nutshell.

Liveskipper Open 60 Polars. Click on the "Imoca 60 Polar Spread Sheet here" link to download a massive excel spreadsheet that I've never bothered to figure out. Check the tabs at the bottom to get to the intro and English translation. There is also a tab to show the polar diagrams they use for different TWS. NOTE: There is no reason to believe that the other games' polars will have anything to do with this game Keep a good lookout for the Schooner Anne in the south Pacific.

It would suck to hit the cheese barge at 20 knts. These are tender machines. Im using the FREE pro sails "i bought ". Yup, you're st.

I still can't start. Maybe someone can do a search for me and see wtf I look like from another screen. And, no, I'm not going to search the VOR game thread for your boat name. In fact, I may have missed it in this thread. And meanwhile, over at the VOR, I've been doing The game's definately screwed right now. I've been going for over an hour and haven't moved. The 4th place boat is at 0 kts and still at the start, must be a French boat.

I think its made to confuse a none French speaking sailors! After getting stopped by a new wind update in the VOR game, I discovered that I had to change direction FIRST by clicking the "validate" button to a direction that actually had velocity, then it let me change my sail. After that I changed direction again to what I actually wanted. As you can see my player screen shows 20 knots.

Chosen only because I have just popped into the top 1, Loon 12 Posted November 11, Rainbow Spirit Posted November 11, I've got the full option pack. Getting caned now for being too far east!

One boat that shows on my screen that must be close to being first is GhostbusterTPN. Your Mom 1, Posted November 11, Breitling Posted November 11, Now, who is with options and who has none? Magool 76 Posted November 11, I am optioned up, my brief time at the pointy end a distant memory now as suspected.

Nice work holding nerve in the west to those who stuck it out. Thanks TR. Full options this time around. I'm fully optioned up. CapeTownSailor 0 Posted November 11, I'm Timiainmarsh SA - With no options. KMan2K7 5 Posted November 11, Hutspot77 No options! GBR 10 Posted November 11, I'm on full options, but only really using TWA and pro sails so far, which meant I was a bit late on the gybe north of Madeira Anyone any ideas on how to see the entire fleet on screen? Gybe Turkey 39 Posted November 11, Cags 0 Posted November 11, Mousetrap has full options.

The old satellite view thing is disabled at the moment 6t7. To answer a few of the recent questions Posted November 12, I would never have believed that close to , ppl would join a VR sail race. ThijsK 5 Posted November 12, I wonder how many thousand places an hour I'll lose?! Tunnel Rat 1, Posted November 12, Breitling Posted November 12, Have applied with my sa name.

No options. Where do we find poLars for the game. Thanks Rob. Applied to the group. Secret Plans II, with options. Hank Chinaski 1 Posted November 12, Posted November 13, Tunnel Rat 1, Posted November 13, Tunnel Rat 1, Posted November 14, Posted November 14, Loon 12 Posted November 14, Your Mom 1, Posted November 14, Go Gybe Turkey!!!

Thanks for the compilations, Tunnel Rat Posted November 15, Tunnel Rat 1, Posted November 15, Data from on 15th Nov. I can see the distance to finish in the Rankings page of VR, but cleverly, I am not able to copy it, unless I take a screen shot, but then I can't post an image to SA The wonders of modern technology. Hey tr. Just wondering if my application to the sa groups got to you? Cheers rob. Your Mom is the administrator. I have merely taken it upon myself to post stuff on this forum.

So blonde of me! Loon 12 Posted November 15, Sorry, TunnelRat. The boat is Localdog. Your Mom 1, Posted November 15, Localdog was accepted into the group at least a couple days ago.

StayinStrewn 0 Posted November 15, Can anyone explain? Is this real data or is someone from VR pulling my tiller? This must be a VR glitch - see model from Vendee Archived This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. I eagerly await each new version to see what clever feature has been added and for the price having this valuable app in your navigation toolkit is a no- brainer.

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